Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2344-300, Paul Ellis, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
★ Ellis, Paul
B.L.Wt. 2344-300
Died in battle 1778
CONTENTS

Dedham Mass. 715 October 24 th 1844.
Mr Edwards,
Sir -
I have received your letter of Oct-11 th 1844, enclosing a Land Warrant, numbered "2344." for 300. Acres, issued in all the names of the Heirs at law, of Captain Paul Ellis dec, who had served in the Massachusetts Continental Line.
James L. Edwards Esq. Washington City
Simon Ellis

Paul Ellis
N. 2.344
Mr. Isaac Ellis Wrentham Mass s

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston October 5. 1841.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Sherman Leland was a Judge of the Court of Probate — and William Ellis was a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Packer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Wortham Map Oct 3/44
Isaac Ellis
his claim of heirs of Paul Ellis for bounty land.
Dep't War E143. Rec Oct 9/44
Person Office
ans. Oct. 10 th 1844
Daniel Ellis
Mrs. Lewis
2344
Gosacs
(to int.)
Rec. Oct 10 th 1844

Wrentham Mass ts Oct. 3. 1844
Sir
Herewith is transmitted an Application in behalf of myself and the other heirs at law of Capt. Paul Ellis dec d for a grant of bounty lands, due said heirs in consideration of the Revolutionary services of said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d .
Please to report the result of this claim to the subscriber at Wrentham Mass.
Isaac Ellis
October 11 th 1844. Sent to Mr Isaac Ellis, Land Warrant N o . 2344. for 300. Acres issued this date, in favour of David Ellis, and others, the Nephews, and Nieces, and only heirs at law of Paul Ellis, dec d , who was a Captain in the Mass s Line

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss.
I Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for said County, hereby certify, that satisfactory Evidence has been adduced to me to prove, that Paul Ellis a native of the town of Dedham in the State of Massachusetts removed from said Dedham a short time previous to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and resided for a time in the town of Falmouth near what is now the City of Portland in the State of Maine. that on or about the first of June A. D. 1776, said Paul Ellis entered from said Falmouth into the Continental Army of the United States, in the capacity of Captain, and continued in that military service till he was slain in what was called the Battle of Monmouth, June 28 th A. D. 1778. That he the said Capt. Paul Ellis left no surviving children, but left a widow at or near said town of Falmouth and who died many years ago. That at the time of said Capt. Paul Ellis death, he left five Brothers and two Sisters who survived him viz. Aaron Ellis. Nathan Ellis - Abel Ellis - Jesse Ellis - Oliver Ellis - Zipherah Colburn and Sarah Draper, and who also; have all, some years since, deceased, and that the aforesaid five Brothers, and one of the Sisters, of said Capt. Paul Ellis do left children, who still survive as heirs at law, of said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d , and whose names are David Ellis and Daniel Ellis , the children of said Aaron Ellis dec d . Nabby Emerson , the child of said Nathan Ellis dec d . Jesse Ellis , the child of the said Abel Ellis dec d . Paul Ellis - Isaac Ellis and Hannah Rhoads , the children of said Oliver Ellis dec d . Miriam Maynard and Jesse Ellis the children of the said Jesse Ellis dec d . and James Draper, - Ellis, Draper and Nancy Situs - the children of said Sarah Draper dec d . being twelve in number, and are all over twenty one years of age, and who from said evidence adduced, are all; and the only surviving heirs at law, of the said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d . that there is no child of the other sister Zipherah Colburn dec d , above named; who yet survives. - And from further proofs adduced, I hereby further certify, that the said Isaac Ellis one of the heirs at law above named, is duly authorized and empowered as Agent and Attorney of the other eleven heirs at law above named, to demand and receive from the Secretary at War of the United States, a Warrant or Certificate of location, for the quantity of lands due to the aforesaid heirs at law of said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d ; conformable to a Law of Congress passed September 16 th A. D. 1776, or any other existing Law of the United States, applicable to such Claim.
In witness whereof, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this first day of October A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
S Leland Judge of Probate

To whom it may concern
I Ebenezer Fisher of Dedham in the County of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, being ninety two years of age, hereby depose and say, that from my youth, I remember the family of Aaron Ellis and his wife whose name I think was Leporah, and, resided in our west Parish of Dedham; I believe I recollect all the Children of said Aaron and Leporah Ellis, who lived to adult age, whose names were viz. Aaron Ellis - Nathan Ellis - Abel Ellis - Paul Ellis - Jesse Ellis & Oliver Ellis and two Daughters - viz Leporah Ellis who married to Timothy Colburn, and another whose name I believe was Sarah, who married a man by the name of Draper at Attleborough - and that all or nearly all the above named Children were older in years than myself - , and I well recollect the time when several of the above named Ellis family died at said Dedham, and from common report, and my best recollection, I believe the eight Children of said Aaron and Leporah Ellis above named, have all deceased several years ago - . and I further depose and say, that according to my best recollection and belief, the aforesaid Paul Ellis, left Dedham a few years before the Revolutionary war began 1775, and resided at Falmouth Casco Bay, a part of the same place is now Portland in the State of Maine, and as I then, and have ever since understood, the said Paul Ellis entered into the Continental service as Captain from Falmouth or from that section of the Country - . And I further depose and say, that while I was on a tour of military service at Ticonderoga in the State of New York under Col. Ephraim Wheelock in the Summer and Autumn of the year 1776, I well recollect that said Capt Paul Ellis arrived at Ticonderoga; I believe with a part of the northern Army from Canada which had been previously commanded by General Montgomery, who fell at Quebec, That I several times conversed with said Capt. Paul Ellis while at Ticonderoga, and who continued in the Continental Army afterwards, and according to the accounts of the day, and the history of Events which have come to my knowledge, the said Capt Paul Ellis was slain in the Battle of Monmouth on the twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1778 - . That according to the statements I have long since heard from the connections, the said Capt Paul Ellis married a wife at his residence in Maine, but never had any Children, and that his widow had deceased several years ago - . That I believe that the the brother, and one of the Sisters of said Paul Ellis die, have left Children who still survive, and that a part of said Children who survive are, viz, two sons of Aaron Ellis residents in the state of New York, a daughter of Nathan Ellis at Dedham, also two sons & a daughter of Oliver Ellis - at Dedham, and a Son of Abel Ellis at Dorchester - the other surviving Children if there are any, I do not recollect ever to have seen - . and further more the deponent saith not - .
Ebenezer Fisher
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk ss
On this day personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Fisher, who being a credible witness, July 5 th 1843. Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Fisher, who subscribed to, and made oath, that the matter set forth in the foregoing statement is, according to his best recollection and belief, true in every part thereof - .
Before me, Wm. Ellis } Justice of the Peace Wm. Ellis } Justice of the Peace
Note the above interlined words "a credible witness" were inserted by me "Wm. Ellis" Justice of the Peace @ my knowledge - "who is the family of" - before authentication

Please to report the result of the within claim to the subscriber at Wrentham Mass.
Isaac Ellis

To the Hon. U.S. Department of War -
I Isaac Ellis of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, hereby testify and declare that I am one of the heirs at law of Capt. Paul Ellis dec d who rendered military services as Captain in the Revolutionary War, that he first resided in the town of Dedham in said County and afterwards in the town of Falmouth in the State of Maine, That he the said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d about the first of January A.D. 1776. entered the Continental Army of the North American States, in the capacity of Captain, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Timothy Bigelow, and continued in the military service of the Country, till he was slain by the Enemy, in the Battle of Monmouth June 28 th A.D. 1778. That the said Capt Paul Ellis dec d left no surviving Children, but left a widow who survived him a few years, and died many years ago, That at the time of his death, he left five surviving Brothers and two Sisters - who have also all deceased, And I further say, that the aforesaid five Brothers and one Sister, of said Capt Paul Ellis dec d left twelve Children who yet survive, and are the only surviving heirs at law, of him the said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d , and of which twelve heirs at law, I am one, and that the other eleven of said heirs at law, are viz t . Paul Ellis of Walpole - Hannah Rhoads and Nabby Emerson, of Dedham - Jesse Ellis of Dorchester - James Draper of Attleborough - Ellis Draper of Brookfield - Nancy Titus of Prescott - William Maynard and Jesse Ellis 2 of Ashburnham, all in the state of Massachusetts -, and David Ellis of Troy, in the state of New York - and Daniel Ellis of Townsend, in the State of Vermont -, and that I the said Isaac Ellis am duly authorized and empowered as the Agent and Attorney for, and in the names stead and behalf of said eleven heirs at law above named, to demand their respective rights or shares in any bounty lands, promised on the part of the United States to said Capt Paul Ellis, dec d in consideration of his military services rendered as aforesaid, and now due to said heirs at law; and to receive possession of, or dispose of said rights or shares of the heirs at law in said Bounty lands, and to account to said heirs at law for my doings in the Premises -. And I further declare and say, that I have no knowledge or belief, that the said Capt Paul Ellis dec d , or any of his said Brothers or sisters who survived him, ever applied for, or received any warrant for the aforesaid Bounty lands, or that he the said Capt Paul Ellis dec d , or any of his said Brothers or sisters, ever transferred any of their respective rights or claims in and to said Bounty lands, to other persons in any way or manner whatsoever -. And I further declare and say, that I have not myself, and confidently believe, that none of the other eleven heirs at law of said Capt Paul Ellis dec d above named, have ever applied for, or received any share in said Bounty lands, or authorized any other person whatever to apply for, or receive possession of any part thereof, until this present application -. Therefore in my own right, and in the respective rights and behalf of the other eleven heirs at law, of said Capt. Paul Ellis dec d , above named, I hereby demand and make application to the Secretary at War of the United States, for a Warrant; for such quantity of Lands as are due from the United States to the said Capt Paul Ellis dec d , or to his twelve heirs at law above named, conformably to the laws of the United States, in such cases provided, And the Secretary at War is hereby respectfully requested, to cause to be issued, a Certificate of location to accompany the said land Warrant, agreeably to the provisions of the Act of Congress of July 27 th A.D. 1842 -.
Isaac Ellis
State of Massachusetts } County of Norfolk ss. } Be it known, that on the third day of October A.D. 1844, before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Norfolk, personally appeared the above named Isaac Ellis, one of the heirs at law of Capt Paul Ellis dec d , and subscribed to, and made Oath to the truth of the matter set forth in the foregoing Declaration -.
W m G l Ellis Justice of the Peace
Note. The above interlined word "Isaac" - was inserted by me W m G l Ellis - before the authentication hereof, was completed